[Rockhounds] purple jasper

[Horst Windisch]

Hi Kreigh,

Do you have a more exact locality of this purple jasper? I am not aware of 
this locality in South Africa and satill have to see some of this material.

Horst
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From: "Kreigh Tomaszewski" <Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] purple jasper


> Purple jasper beads, sold under the trade name Imperial Purple Jasper come 
> from South Africa.
>
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> On Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008, at 10:48 America/Detroit, Jan Arnold wrote:
>
>> Just returned from a trip to Northern Nevada and  Southern Eastern 
>> Oregon.  While there I found two pieces of a deep purple jasper.  It was 
>> probably not native to the area because both pieces had been shaped into 
>> tools.  Does anyone have any idea where this purple jasper originates?
>>
>> Jan Arnold
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